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CEO of Regional Underwriter Retires

EnTitle Insurance Company announced the retirement of Michael Waiwood, who serves as president and CEO.

Waiwood will remain with the company until a successor is named. He has offered his consulting services to the Board of Directors following his retirement.

Waiwood, who is also an attorney, has spent more than 40 years in the title insurance industry with various title agencies and underwriting companies. He began his career as a title examiner and has served in countless roles and responsibilities within the industry, including roles as chief underwriting counsel, regional claims counsel, regulatory counsel, regional manager, as well as president of another underwriter and president of a larger, multi-state title agency.

Waiwood is a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and has served in numerous capacities in a number of Bar Associations and Land Title Associations and has spoken extensively on real estate law and title insurance topics. Waiwood has played a significant role in the growth of EnTitle Insurance Co., formerly Guardian National Title Insurance Co.

The company also named Alan Doran, currently executive vice president of EnTitle’s holding company, Entitle Direct Group, Inc, to newly created position of chief operating officer of EnTitle Insurance Co. on an interim basis.